The vice president reported that she will not be a pre-candidate and will support the Secretary of the Presidency in the National Party internal elections.
The vice president Beatriz Argimon announced that she will not be a pre-candidate for president and will support the internal National Party to the secretary of the Presidency, Álvaro Delgado, one of the favorites in the polls, whom he considered the appropriate leader to guarantee “the continuity of a model”, in reference to the president’s management Luis Lacalle Pou.
Argimon He was one of the figures of the P.N. that appeared on the radar to promote a candidacy, but assured that there are aspects such as her status as vice president that “conspire with being able to have the time to build and have her own candidacy.” Thus, the pre-candidacies of Slim, whom he valued for his capacity for dialogue; Sumar’s reference, Laura Raffo; and the senator Jorge Gandini.
In a press conference, the leader stated that Slim “It brings together something that is important to us: the continuity of a model that is installed with our government,” when considering the management capacity of the Secretary of the Presidency.
In parallel, he highlighted that the Secretary of State has “the capacity for dialogue not only within the National Party, but with the government coalition.” Along these lines, beyond some tensions, mainly with Town meeting, clarified that the Multicolor Coalition “Without a doubt it is here to stay.”
Argimón, still far from his own candidacy
During the first meeting of National Future, the sector that created at the end of 2022, Argimon He clarified that “it is a new expression within the party,” with a column in which he added the senator Juan Sartori. At the same time, he recalled: “I didn’t have a sector, but I decided a year ago to create this space.”
“We understand that the times, much more my status as vice president, conspire with being able to have the time to build and have our own candidacy,” the leader remarked when insisting on her support for Slim.
Regarding the approach with Sartori, It is believed that the column seeks to promote the unity of the P.N., since the vice president had had differences with the senator, not exempt from scandals, to whom they attributed episodes of a “dirty campaign.”
Source: Ambito
